Scenic Mountain Flights, LLC

Scenic Mountain Flights, LLC is associated with Winter Park and Granby, Colorado, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The website now functions as an aviation blog and educational resource for pilots and enthusiasts rather than an active flight training business. Visitors will find content focused on safe flying in mountain environments.

The site is led by an experienced aviator who has held a pilot certificate for 30 years. He earned his glider pilot certificate in 1992 and his flight instructor certificate in 1994. He is an Instrument Flight Instructor for single and multi engine aircraft and holds qualifications in gliders and seaplanes. His experience spans decades of active flying and teaching.

This operator spent nearly nine years as editor of Sport Aerobatics Magazine, which is published by the International Aerobatic Club. He has also written for EAA Sport Aviation Magazine and Centennial Journal, contributing aviation articles and insights to the flying community. His background includes extensive involvement in aerobatic and recreational aviation circles.

The blog contains numerous posts and videos focused on mountain flying throughout Colorado. Readers can find discussions of winter flying conditions, mountain weather patterns such as standing wave clouds and lenticular formations, and route guidance for passes like Fremont Pass, Rabbit Ears Pass, and Berthoud Pass. Several posts explore flights between Granby and destinations such as Aspen and Leadville. The material emphasizes real world conditions and practical observations.

The site explicitly states that regular flight instruction and introductory rides are no longer provided. Instead, the material serves as a reference for pilots seeking to understand the challenges of flying in mountainous terrain and variable weather conditions found in the Colorado Rockies. The archive remains useful for anyone planning flights in this region.

Historical pages referenced services including introductory flights, mountain flying instruction, wilderness survival training, and general flight instruction. Past content also includes flights in a Rans aircraft and observations of local wind and turbulence patterns around the Continental Divide. The site preserves a record of aviation activity in central Colorado mountain corridors.

Services

• Introductory Flight
• Mountain Flying
• Wilderness Survival
• Flight Instruction